Gosh...Sorry for Russian applied:
"Beyond..Behind....Seven seas"..."..."На край света"..."Край света"...

Hi!
To тестер
I was about to post that you are cool..keep us grilling!! Thanks for clarifying;-)))

something probably simple but good lyrics to brush up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

Something re:better time will be ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

Rather good lyrics, I believe..though music is average?...
When you really love someone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

I've found this striking image of russian " Vityazi"...
http://news.uk.msn.com/in-pict ...

I keep on wondering...There are around 400 visitors to this forum a day, and nobody is writing anything///.Any particular reasons????

The Sun,British tabloid, posted an article a few days ago re: russian tourists.

"HOLIDAYING Russians are topping the league of the WORST tourists in the world."

The Germans have been beaten into second place — after it was claimed Russians were money flashing chavs who hide sunloungers in their hotel rooms.

The new world's worst holidaymaker poll has surveyed more than 1,000 British tourists who went abroad this summer.

..Russian tourists were more likely to:

- Take hotel sunloungers into their rooms to make sure they get a seat by the pool in the morning.

- Flash their money around and order hotel staff to be at their beck and call.

- Belch and swear in public areas such as hotel swimming pools and bars.

- And dress like 'chavs' — wearing tracksuits and gold bling. "....

And another one from the UK...
Prison meal" better than NHS (National Health Sysytem)hospital"
"People are far more likely to go hungry in an NHS hospital than in a prison, researchers from Bournemouth University have said.
This is despite prisons spending less per person on meals than hospitals do.
Experts from Bournemouth University have been studying the food offered to inmates and across the NHS.
-"If you are in prison then the diet you get is extremely good in terms of nutritional content"
-The food that is provided is actually better than most civilians have."
....

Hi everyone!!
I understand that EVERYONE is BEING very BUSY....not a chance to drop a line or two :-(((
Well, this is a bit tough, then...

Hello,Mila!
Do you know (or your interlocutores) something about course of aviation English in the Moscow Aviation Institute? I'd like to attend it on September,becouse I going to retire from the army and I hope to get job in the civil aviation.

Hi Rookie,
I am afraid I can't help you with this...at all. Don't know anyone over there :-(((
Perhaps, some people who pop in here might help you.
Good luck!!
Sorry..

I'm sorry-"because".And for my other mistakes,too)).

Not at all)).или как уместнее сказать?If you have enough time,of course.

Possible answers to the above:
That's OK.
It's fine.
Not at all.
That's not a problem.
Thanks.
Don't mention it.
:-))))

Thank you for wish!

2 Rookie
Do you know (or your interlocutores) something about course of aviation English in the Moscow Aviation Institute? I'd like to attend it on September,becouse I going to retire from the army and I hope to get job in the civil aviation.
*************
A few bits to mention:
something/anything
to attend a course/ to do a course
in Moscow Aviation Inst
in September
I AM going to
to retire=to leave the Army
to get A job

I do hope these notes will be helpful!!:-)))

I am off for today.
See you soon.
Bye

Hi everyone.
A bit of fun for Friday night...

A mother passing by her son's bedroom was astonished to see the bed was nicely made, and everything was picked up. Then, she saw an envelope, propped up prominently on the pillow.
It was addressed, 'Mum'. With the worst premonition, she opened the
envelope and read the letter, with trembling hands.
"Dear, Mum.
It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope with my new girlfriend, because I wanted to avoid a scene with Dad and you.

I've been finding real passion with Stacy, and she is so nice, but I knew you would not approve of her, because of all her piercings,tattoos, her tight Motorcycle clothes, and because she is so much older than I am.

But it's not only the passion, Mum. She's pregnant.Stacy said that we will be very happy. She owns a trailer in the woods, and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. We share a dream of having many more children.

Stacy has opened my eyes to the fact that marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone. We'll be growing it for ourselves, and trading it with the other people in the commune, for all the cocaine and ecstasy we want.

In the meantime, we'll pray that science will find a cure for AIDS,so Stacy can get better. She sure deserves it!!

Don't worry Mum, I'm 15, and I know how to take care of myself.

Someday, I'm sure we'll be back to visit, so you can get to know your many grandchildren.


Love, your son, Nicholas.

PS: Mum, none of the above is true. I'm over at Jason's house.

I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than the school report that's on my desk.

I love you!

Call when it is safe for me to come home

Hello world
How r u
Im 2x2
I live in the ... //guess there (smile)//
i've been living there for 2 years
nevertheless my E is awful
and there is nothing i can do to myself to get it better
i've tried almost every way to learn the language but it would not work //may be i'm too exacting to myself//

here i am
i liked this thread and i would like to try it this way
let's get it started :)
rgds
2*2

Hi 2x2!

Thank you very much for your comments re: this thread, I really appreciate it.
I would like to welcome you here and may I wish, from the bottom of my heart, that you would probably make a bit of difference to your English, as they say "Taste the difference" in one of the supermarkets:-)))
Firstly, you do not need to do much, just post everything you think is interesting to you and to other readers.
Secondly, you could make some progress without actually noticing it, through self correction and lack of hesitation : Am I right? What if? etc...We all make mistakes and this is OK,as it is just our human nature.
Thirdly, I will try to come back as often as I could, although I am quite busy right now, and post some useful comments on Grammar, Vocabulary, not to mention jokes, songs, stories...

So, do feel free to ask anything, but personal matters, and we all, who "settle down=touch down" here, will make learning English an exciting and purposeful timebeing- which I believe is the key to confidence!!
So see you soon!

I like that one:
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain "for unto each life a little rain must fall."

Hello, everybody! :)
Special respect for the author! :)))

I would like to ask you - if you are real specialists in aviation English or radiotelephony communication for pilots - a little question:

Is it possible (undoubtedly, I mean in real practicde) to answer IDENTING (when you are asked by the controller to SQUAWK IDENT).

As for the grammar - the verb is SQUAWK, while IDENT is a noun, but what about real situations?

P.S. Sorry for misprint! :)

Hi Larisa!
You can now find the answer in Aviation English..

Here we are again.
Sometimes it's rather confusing for us, non-native speakers to use some verbs correctly.
The verbs are Regular and Irregular.
They either change their forms in Past as in

land-landED
approach-approchED

and that's why these verbs are REGULAR,

Or

*without any change at all

hurt-hurt
put-put

*with some changes

begin-began-begun
run-ran-run

LAST TWO GROUPS are called IRREGULAR. There are about 200 Irregular verbs in English and they should be learnt to remember once and forever :-)))

There are about 200 Irregular verbs in English and they should be learnt to remember once and forever :-)))
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Easier said then done. :-(((

"It is true that I know very little. But I prefer that little which is my own"
Paul Gauguin

to Mila Love

Hi!
This topic is a kind of little hint for me?! :)

It is too dishonest to play such a joke on a busy and tired instructor of English! :)))))))))

Hi Larisa!
Nice to see you here!!!
This topic is a bit of fun for everyone, I hope ;-)))
Nothing can cure better an exausted and drained teacher/instructor/ pilot/ ATC/mechanic....than a good joke! So, please, relax and enjoy every page of it!

to Mila Love
...This topic is a bit of fun for everyone, I hope ;-)))...

I see, but the fact is that nobody knows its basis and origin except you and me... and probably, MLS! :)

MSL for sure! :)

Never mind!
We are getting there....:-)))
Looking on the bright side, the number of visitors is INCREASING on a daily basis!!!
That's for sure...
I think that, in general, people are slightly shy re: posting.

GRAMMAR
WHAT and WHICH:

* Which / What would you say are the most polluted cities in the world and which / what are the cleanest?
* Do you know which / what sort of plants grow best in a shady garden?
* I've no idea which / what road to take to Jimmy's place.
~ What / which route did you take?

However,
WHICH is used whne there is a choice
WHAT is used, when there is no limit to the number of choices:

* WHAT would you like in your sandwiches? I've got cheese or tuna. WHICH would you prefer?
* He comes from Glasgow, but do you know which football team he supports?
~ I think it's Celtic, but it may be Rangers. I'm not sure. What / which football team do you support?
* What is your postal / email address?
* What's your opinion on this?
* Which TV channel is the tennis on?




WHAT / WHICH + nouns

Before nouns BOTH can be used to ask questions about people or things:

* What / Which colour trousers would you like? Brown, green, blue, orange or maroon?
* Which / What writers have made the biggest impression on you?




WHICH + 'one' and 'of'

However, if we wish to use the WHICH OF or WHICH ONE +, our choice is limited to WHICH:
* Which of these cars are you interested in driving?
* Which ones should I choose?
* Which of these teams do you think will win the championship?
* Which one of us is going to make the presentation?




who / what / which
As pronouns with no nouns immediately following, we usually use WHO when referring to people:

* Who do you think will win the championship?
* Who will take over as captain if both Keane and Beckham are injured?
* Who are you going out with now? Is it Leslie or Keith?
* Which footballer would you like to go out with?

However, when we identify people, we use WHICH, which is similar in use to WHICH (ONE)-S:

* Which (one) is your boyfriend?
~ The one (who is) sitting next to Fiona.
* I need to know which (of these) children have not been vaccinated.

If we are asking about someone's job or function, we can use WHAT or WHICH:

* What / Which would you rather be - a general doctor or a specialist of some kind?

Weekend mood:-)))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

Hi, anybody?..
Anyway, the number of visitors=readers is "non- stop" :-))), it means there are some people who pop in just in case to find something. So this is for those who wish to read:

7 Times of the Day

Here are 7 important times or parts of the day in English.

--

MIDNIGHT
This is the middle of the night (00:00 hours).

MIDDAY
This is the middle of the day, also called "NOON" (12:00 hours).

--

MORNING
This is the time from midnight to midday.

AFTERNOON
This is the time from midday (noon) to evening.
From 12:00 hours to approximately 18:00 hours.

EVENING
This is the time from the end of the afternoon to midnight.
From approximately 18:00 hours to 00:00 hours.

--

DAWN
This is the time when the sun rises or comes up (sunrise).

DUSK
This is the time when the sun sets or goes down (sunset).

Enjoy!!!

We have also a.m. and p.m. in our village.
a.m. is from 24:00 to 12:00
p.m. is from 12:00 to 24:00

Thanks, boba...We have those as well :-)))

There are 24 hours in a day. The day is divided into "day(time)" and "night(-time)". Daytime is from sunrise (this varies, but we can say approximately 6am) to sunset (we can say approximately 6pm). Night-time is from sunset to sunrise.

Every day starts precisely at midnight. AM (Ante-Meridiem = before noon) starts just after midnight. PM (Post-Meridiem=after noon) starts just after midday. This means that 12am and 12pm have no meaning.

The word day can have two meanings:
1. the 24 hours between one midnight and the next
2. the time between sunrise and sunset (as distinct from night)

Hi Mila and everyone!
I have a question. There is the famous song by Pink Floyd - We don't need no education
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...
That should be translated as: "Нам не нужно образование", as far as I understand. But I can't catch why there is a double negation in the title of the song. If I had to translate the sentence "Нам не нужно образование" into English I would say: "We don't need AN education". What's the matter? What am I missing?

Hi MSL!
Thanks for another tricky bit...the so-called double negation.
The double-negatives-make-a-positive rule was first introduced in England in 1762.

1. Double negatives are generally not used in written varieties of Standard English. However, if there is very heavy stress on "do not" Standard English can use the form "I do not want nothing" as a way of emphasizing that the speaker would rather have "something" than "nothing" at all.
So in case

We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
it's obviously quite the opposite, meaning we need some sort of Education and Control.
Mind you it's also a very popular quote from famous song....

Today, the double negative is often considered the mark of an uneducated speaker, but it is used to be quite common in English, even in literature.
"I ain't done nothing"- very typical nowadays ...

I think in case

‘We don’t need no education’

double negative is just enforcing negative. Scroll few lines down in the lyrics:

‘Hey! Teacher! Leave us kids alone!’

Mila!
Thanks for your explanation! Though it's pretty tricky as well :-) As far as I understand your point is: minus plus minus equals plus? It's well known rule of the maths and the formal logic. So the meaning of the lyrics is: Мы не хотим остаться без образования, Мы не хотим мыслить бесконтрольно? Right? But then how should I take the words "Hey teacher leave that kids alone"?

Hi boba, MSL!
Yes, you're right, adding the words:

"Hey! Teacher! Leave us kids alone!’

It is a strong possibility of double effect,i.e. "-", when children, luckily not all of them, don't want to learn anything and just want every lesson to be fun..
Although it's rather wrong = bizzare in Standard English.

By the way, old fashioned English people would hardly accept the word "kids", as they say "It's an American word. We British use children instead!" :-)))

Mila, do you think words 'каравай' and 'caraway' are coincidental or one somehow derived from another?

Well, boba, don't know really what to say..
It looks as if you're talking about some sort of prehistoric origin of Slavic/Russian bread ( Ukranian: коровай, Polish: korowaj, English: korovai ) and a herb,"Caraway"or Persian cumin (Carum carvi) which was also used as one of the ingredients for making bread as well as other stuff.
What do you think people?? Is there some sort of connection or simply coinsidence and the circumstances???

Hi everyone!
Got a few "bits" for you to crack down:-)))
What do they mean?
BRB
OMG
BTW
ATM
MMO=MMORPG

Have fun!!!

a few more to add:
nOOb
SOHT
ROFL
GTG
IONO
2G2BT
FTW
w00t!
NSFW
KTHBBAI

BRB = will Be Right Back
OMG = Oh My God!
ATM = Automatic Teller Machine

the above ones I got myself, then my 15 y.o. helped me

ROFL = Rolling On the Floor Laughing
GTG = 've Got To Go
FTW = Fu_k The World (thanks Mila for letting me know that my daughter aware of this)
ATM (again) = At The Moment
BTW = By The Way
w00t! = just a little joyful sound, kinda like woo-hoo!

Oh! boba
FTW -"For The Win." An enthusiastic emphasis to the end of a comment, message, or post."
I wouldn't get that far into the slang ;-))) but always good to know.
Ta
ATM- at the moment
and also

A Thousand Miles
A Toda Madre
According to Me
Alternative To Money
Any Time Money
Anything That Moves
Around The Moon
At the Movies
at this moment
Ate Too Much
:-0

Here is a good link
http://www.all-acronyms.com/ca ...